SWIP online centre awarded CII accreditation

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The CII has granted Scottish Widows Investment Partnership's (SWIP's) Intelligence Centre CPD accreditation.

According to the institute, it is the first financial training programme to receive its stamp of approval. The SWIP Intelligence Centre is designed to provide IFAs with knowledge on a range of investment topics including more complex issues such as derivatives and short-selling. Tamsin Mills, director of CII Accreditation Services, says there has been an increasing demand from IFAs for top class e-learning facilities that are CPD accredited. "With the RDR raising the level of benchmark qualifications we can expect demand for this type of resource to mushroom," she says. Mills praise...

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